L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) named Cat Packer of the Drug Policy Alliance to head the city’s cannabis regulatory body. In a statement she emphasized, “responsible, equitable cannabis policies that will serve as a model for the rest of America.”

The Oregon Cannabis Grower’s Fair & Plant Competition is this weekend, August 12-13th at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. This is the FIRST EVER flowering live plant competition in legal cannabis history!

The Growers’ Fair is open to the public, and the overarching goal of the show is to educate consumers, connect investors and explore business opportunities including the new employment market our industry has created. More than $65 million in tax dollars have been collected thus far and a percent of these dollars will help by funding education and important programs in Oregon. This is an opportunity to learn from medical professionals, master growers, bud tenders and all ancillary businesses in the industry.

The DEA plans to slightly reduce its quota for federal government approved weed to about 978 pounds annually in 2018. The agency doesn’t know when additional grow sites could be confirmed to produce plants for medical research.

Right-wing pundit and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch said the gun group didn’t defend black gun owner Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by a cop, because he had marijuana on hand. The NRA itself has not commented on the killing.

Two former Kern County, Calif., (Bakersfield) sheriff’s deputies were sentenced to probation, for stealing pot from evidence lockers and selling it on the black market. The judge spared them prison time due to the “unwavering support” of their wives.

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